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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1975
Page
9
Marion Independent board of education plans a 6 p.m. tour of Vernon junior high school renovation and additions, with a 7 p.m. regular meeting at Starry school offices. A planning retreat is set for Aug. 15 and 16 at the Little Amana Holiday Inn.
Word arrives of the Friday death of Robert V. Braun of Tulsa Oklahoma. He lived in Marion for many years and worked with American Standards Plumbing and Heating for 36 years. Services will be held Saturday in Kansas City Kansas.
Parents must call Linn-Mar High School office at 377-7373 ext 140 before noon for an excused absence. No call results in an unexcused absence. Juniors and seniors may pick up late entry and early dismissal forms in the office.
Cleveland Mayor Ralph Perk seeks to host the 1976 GOP national convention promising two luxury cruise ships for delegate housing and a third to be confirmed, with substantial police patrols downtown to ensure security. He met with Republican National Committee members in Washington and aims to secure firm commitments by Wednesday.
Montreal AP President Ford will send congress legislation to majorly change trucking regulation. The bill would curb Interstate Commerce Commission control on routes and charges and let truckers adjust rates within a range. It aims to ease entry of new firms and mirrors reforms planned for airlines and cable TV.
Washington AP reports July retail sales rose 2.4 percent to 49.97 billion, the biggest gain in a year led by durable goods including autos and home appliances. Ex auto sales, the gain was smaller, with only a limited advance for the month.
Cleveland based Republic Steel Corp says it will revise prices over the next six weeks in step with U S Steel which announced a 3.8 percent price rise Friday. The item notes a patent date in 1851 for Isaac Singer.
Treasury Secretary William Simon criticized the federal food stamp program calling it a haven for chislers and rip-off artists. He cited rising government spending as a threat to free enterprise, noting the program cost 6.5 billion this year after starting as a 14 million experiment in 1962. He warned about dependence on government solving personal problems.
The Cedar Rapids Community School Board approved pilot programs adding Advanced Placement Math at Kennedy High School offering potential college credit through CEEB tests. Jefferson High will offer Basic Skills Laboratory for tenth graders, and Washington High will host the Consort Singers a small light music group.
Cedar Rapids Community School District officials announced 1975 76 Title I funds will total 613 625 dollars, 105 029 more than the 508 596 originally planned. Administrative Assistant Tom White said Congress recently released the additional funds and they will be carried over to 1976 77 to forward fund projects.
A three block section of Nineteenth Street SE will be closed Wednesday as construction starts on a new sewer from Bever Avenue to Sixth Avenue. The closure may last about one month with a detour one block west via Bever Avenue Eighteenth Street and Sixth Avenue. Fourth and Fifth avenues will become two way between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets during the project.
Cedar Rapids Community school board president Ronald Moore says the board must not be a rubber stamp for the superintendent. He argues the board should set long-term policy, supervise programs, and respond to parent concerns while remaining informed through visits and studies. Barbara Bjornson challenges Moore for the at large seat citing philosophical differences over board involvement in daily management.
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